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Preference will be given to applicants with:
Academic grades above the minimum
Requirements completed within the last five years
Related experience*
Additional post-secondary academic courses*
*Applicants with preferred entrance requirements are to submit transcripts and supporting documentation with their online application.
IELTS
If your program requires: English 12, 73%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 7
If your program requires: English 12, 67%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 6.5
If your program requires: English 12, 50 %, You need these scores on the IELTS: 6.0
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic)
If your program requires: English 12, 73%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 65
If your program requires: English 12, 67%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 60
If your program requires: English 12, 50 %, You need these scores on the IELTS: 52
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
If your program requires: English 12, 73%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 90
If your program requires: English 12, 67%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 86
If your program requires: English 12, 50 %, You need these scores on the IELTS: 82
The only of its kind in BC, BCIT’s Emergency nursing specialty is a unique, comprehensive program that educates registered nurses (RNs) from all over the world. Our hands-on learning, clinical experiences, and expert faculty give you the skills employers seek. This highly unique program prepares you to work in the fast-paced, dynamic emergency care environment. No two shifts are the same, with constantly changing patients who have many different reasons for needing emergency care. Emergency nurses take on leadership, support, and decision-making roles to provide the best patient care possible.
The BCIT Nursing Specialty Bachelor of Science (BSN) is a combination of our advanced certificate program and our specific academic BSN courses. Choose to complete both concurrently or in the order that works best for you.
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Program matrix
Required Courses
NSCC 7150, Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management
NSER 7110, Emergency Nursing Theory 1
NSER 7210, Emergency Nursing Theory 2
NSER 7300, Emergency Nursing Clinical 1
NSER 7410, Emergency Nursing Theory 3
NSER 7500, Emergency Nursing Clinical 2
Complete 3.0 credits from the following list of electives
NSER 7250, Advanced Cardiac Life Support
NSER 7800, Emergency Nursing and Mental Health
NSSC 8130, Independent Study in Specialty Nursing
And/or Program Head Approved Electives which would lend toward emergency nursing practice i.e. TNCC, ENPC, ATLS, NRP, PALS (one credit each). Other options could include a course from another specialty nursing program.
Core/Management Component: (21.0 credits)
Required courses: (18.0 credits)
BUSA 7250, Management Skills and Applications
NSSC 7115, Teaching and Learning in Specialty Nursing
NSSC 8000, Systematic Inquiry
NSSC 8300, Creative Leadership
NSSC 8500, Professional Growth
NSSC 8600, Community Nursing: Facilitating Health
Electives: (3.0 credits)
NSSC 8800, Community Nursing: Facilitating Health Action
Liberal Studies Component: (12.0 credits)
Required courses: (6.0 credits)
COMM 7100, Intercultural Communication Competency and Diversity Awareness for Professionals
LIBS 7021, Health Ethics
Electives: (6.0 credits)
6.0 credits of General Education [PDF] electives at a 100 level minimum in at least two different academic disciplines.
Total Credits:, 60.0
